Argentina defines continental shelf limits with the exception of the Falklands and Antarctica areas

Tuesday, March 28th 2017 - 08:12 UTC

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Argentine foreign minister Susana Malcorra has announced that Argentina has definitive international support for its defined continental shelf limits, with the exception of the Falklands/Malvinas, South Georgia, in dispute with the UK, and those covered by the Antarctic Treaty, which are not considered by the UN because of a sovereignty litigation or an international treaty. Read full article

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golfcronie
HaHaHa PMSL
Mar 28th, 2017 - 08:53 am - Link - Report abuse +1
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imoyaro
Well she may have choked a bit while doing it, but it's nice (if not miraculous) to see an Argentine diplomat speaking the truth...
Mar 28th, 2017 - 08:59 am - Link - Report abuse +1
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Stoker
Argies caught telling porky pies again shock!

Tut tut ;-D
Mar 28th, 2017 - 09:01 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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James Marshall
”The fact that CLCS has stated that there is a sovereignty conflict, is another recognition of the existence of this conflict”

Just like our resident 'Sociopath' here, always trying save face and claim the smallest of irrelevant victories, even when caught out telling lies and....ooohhh, what was it again.....oh yes '..telling aggrandizing porkies'.

Chuckle Chuckle
Mar 28th, 2017 - 10:02 am - Link - Report abuse +1
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GALlamosa
Will be interesting to see, after the maps are produced, when the first fishing dispute occurs. Because the CLCS determination applies only to the seabed and to any minerals it may contain, not to the water column above. It also does not give the GoA any further authority to harass innocent shipping.
Mar 28th, 2017 - 10:51 am - Link - Report abuse +2
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Islander1
Well at least for perhaps the first time ever Argentina has accepted what it has - and what it does NOT have!
Mar 28th, 2017 - 11:08 am - Link - Report abuse +1
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Brit Bob
Common sense really - if you legally own the territory you have sovereign rights over the territorial waters. Shame so many Argentinians were led up the garden path.

Falklands – Territorial Waters: https://www.academia.edu/10574593/Falklands_Islands_Territorial_Waters
Mar 28th, 2017 - 11:47 am - Link - Report abuse +2
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Anbar
So... 1,600 sq Kilometers, or.. 40km x 40km ... crikey, that's a bit of a step down from all those millions of sq KM they claimed under the Mad One.

I wonder if the average Argentine now starts to realise how deluded their previous government was, and how much it simply lied about..well, pretty much everything.
Mar 28th, 2017 - 03:47 pm - Link - Report abuse +2
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Clyde15
Who were the geniuses that were telling us that Argentina's Continental shelf included the Falklands ?
Mar 28th, 2017 - 04:53 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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Pugol-H
@Anbar
It was this Argy Gov that claimed the UN had recognised their claims to the seabed in the S. Atlantic & Antarctica.

http://en.mercopress.com/2016/03/27/argentina-on-a-un-decision-expands-continental-shelf-area-by-35-to-350-miles

The very same Susana Malcorra completely contradicting herself.

With a straight face.

Completely un-noticed by the rest of Argentina.

Attention spans of Gold Fish.
Mar 28th, 2017 - 05:42 pm - Link - Report abuse +2
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Pete Bog
Although it would be expected as normal from any sane government, I guess the fact that Argentina are less frequently practising self denial is to be welcomed. Now their heads have been extracted from their favourite location, those heads can perhaps open their eyes and look at the whole history that relates to the Falklands rather than snippets of a letter the Duke of Wellington wrote. Try reading Pinedo. Try reading about Antonina Roxa.Try reading about the accounts of Royal Navy and sealing ships that operated around the Falklands long after 1774 and before 1833. And read all of the UN documents relating to the Falklands because cherry picking a few from the many has got you no where with your mythical claim.

What has been granted to them by the UN should be regarded as a great resource. So Argies, don't waste any time being jealous of what the Falklands have done with their resources, that you claim, try developing your own resources, the amounts of which, most countries would welcome.
Mar 29th, 2017 - 03:34 pm - Link - Report abuse +2
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